Asteroid Vesta May Be a Fragment of a Lost Planet, Say Scientists

Asteroid Vesta May Be a Fragment of a Lost Planet, Say Scientists

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates Asteroid Vesta, long considered a stalled protoplanet, may actually be a massive fragment of a larger world that once existed in our solar system. New findings based on gravity-field mapping and spin-rate data suggest Vesta lacks the dense core typically found in differentiated…

Juno Mission Sheds Light on Jupiter’s Storms and Volcanic Activity on Io

Juno Mission Sheds Light on Jupiter’s Storms and Volcanic Activity on Io

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates NASA’s Juno mission has discovered a world of cyclones at Jupiter’s north Jovian pole, a region of cooler stratospheric haze. The cyclones drift to the pole through a process the researchers refer to as “beta drift” via JunoCam and Jovian Infrared Aurora Mapper. The…

New Study Reveals How Jupiter’s Storms Hide Ammonia

New Study Reveals How Jupiter’s Storms Hide Ammonia

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates Jupiter’s weather just got even stranger. A new study published in the Journal Science Advances revealed that the gas giant’s turbulent thunderstorms create massive, softball-sized hailstones called “mushballs,” made of ammonia and water ice. These violent storms churn Jupiter’s atmosphere so deeply that…

Water on Ancient Mars? New Study Challenges the Cold Planet Theory

Water on Ancient Mars? New Study Challenges the Cold Planet Theory

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates Despite being a vast and inhospitable planet today, scientists believe Mars, the Red Planet, used to look much like Earth, the Blue Planet. Over the last four years, NASA’s Perseverance rover has wandered across an area of Mars where researchers believe a powerful…

Scientists Finally Discover How Long a Day Lasts on Uranus

Scientists Finally Discover How Long a Day Lasts on Uranus

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates Scientists have finally found how about Uranus day length using the most recent analysis of a decade’s worth of Hubble Space Telescope data. As per the scientists, the Uranus holds 17 hours, 14 minutes, and 52 seconds to finish a complete rotation—that is, 28…

James Webb Telescope Captures Neptune’s Auroras in Stunning Detail

James Webb Telescope Captures Neptune’s Auroras in Stunning Detail

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates Neptune’s elusive auroras have been captured for the first time in newly released images. It offers an unprecedented look at the ice giant’s atmospheric activity. After decades of conjecture, the occurrence of these auroras has been confirmed by direct visual evidence from the…

Private Venus Mission Plans to Retrieve Cloud Samples for Life Research

Private Venus Mission Plans to Retrieve Cloud Samples for Life Research

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates A private space mission is being developed to collect atmospheric samples from Venus and transport them to Earth for analysis. The initiative, led by planetary scientists and supported by commercial spaceflight companies, is focused on determining whether Venus’ clouds could support life. The…

Ancient Martian Ocean Shoreline Discovered Beneath Surface by Zhurong Rover

Ancient Martian Ocean Shoreline Discovered Beneath Surface by Zhurong Rover

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates A buried shoreline from an ancient Martian ocean has been identified beneath the surface of the Red Planet. Data from China’s Zhurong rover, which explored Mars from May 2021 to May 2022, has indicated that a vast body of water once covered part…

NASA’s Juno Detects Io’s Most Powerful Volcanic Eruption Yet

NASA’s Juno Detects Io’s Most Powerful Volcanic Eruption Yet

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates A volcanic eruption of unprecedented scale has been observed on Jupiter’s moon Io, with a massive hotspot detected in the southern hemisphere. The discovery was made by NASA’s Juno spacecraft during a flyby on 27 December 2024. The heat energy released from this…

Seismic Data from NASA’s InSight Might Solve the Mystery of Mars’ Dichotomy

Seismic Data from NASA’s InSight Might Solve the Mystery of Mars’ Dichotomy

#news #newstoday #tech #technews #latestnews #techupdates #newsupdates Recent seismic data from NASA’s InSight lander could provide answers to a 50-year-old puzzle concerning Mars’ unique structure. The planet is divided into the northern lowlands and southern highlands, separated by significant differences in elevation and crust thickness. This phenomenon, referred to as…